Laundromatn.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːndrəmat/, U.S.

/ˈlɔndrəˌmæt/,

/ˈlɑndrəˌmæt/

Forms: Also laundromat.

Etymology: See -mat comb. form.

Originally U.S.

A brand of automatic washing machines; also, by extension, a launderette.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > washing-machine > type of

Laundromat1943

front-loader1960

washer-dryer1968

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > place where washing is done > a commercial laundry > launderette

Laundromat1943

launderette1949

laundermat1951

washeteria1959

washomat1959

coin-op1960

washerette1968

1943 Trade Marks Jrnl. 14 July 300/1 Laundromat. Domestic electric washing (laundering) machines. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company..Pennsylvania.

1951 Amer. Speech 26 166 The Westinghouse Company has a ‘Laundramat’, and there are also ‘Laundromats’—often called ‘Laundermats’ and ‘Laundrymats’—open for public patronage.

1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1956) i. 20 The village mind was still churning up the past, tossing the old dirty linen back and forth impersonally, like one of the washing machines in the new laundromat.

1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 148 Junior colleges, jet-plane factories, Laundromats, six-lane highways.

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. ii. 187 I..found nothing but laundromats, cleaners, soda fountains.

1963 Punch 2 Jan. p. vi/2 Harrods' sale..includes..laundromats and dryers.

1964 Economist 30 May 1024/3 Coin operated Laundromats and dry cleaning machines.

1966 New Scientist 16 June 694/3 The ‘local’ is doomed, one day, to operate like a licensed laundromat.

1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 121 She found the symbol tacked to the bulletin board of a laundromat, among other scraps of paper offering cheap ironing and baby sitters.

1971 B. Malamud Tenants 219 They drag out of a laundromat, shoe store, [etc.], every Zionist they can find.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laundromat
释义	Laundromatn. Brit. /ˈlɔːndrəmat/, U.S. /ˈlɔndrəˌmæt/, /ˈlɑndrəˌmæt/ Forms: Also laundromat. Etymology: See -mat comb. form. Originally U.S. A brand of automatic washing machines; also, by extension, a launderette. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > washing-machine > type of Laundromat1943 front-loader1960 washer-dryer1968 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > place where washing is done > a commercial laundry > launderette Laundromat1943 launderette1949 laundermat1951 washeteria1959 washomat1959 coin-op1960 washerette1968 1943 Trade Marks Jrnl. 14 July 300/1 Laundromat. Domestic electric washing (laundering) machines. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company..Pennsylvania. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 166 The Westinghouse Company has a ‘Laundramat’, and there are also ‘Laundromats’—often called ‘Laundermats’ and ‘Laundrymats’—open for public patronage. 1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1956) i. 20 The village mind was still churning up the past, tossing the old dirty linen back and forth impersonally, like one of the washing machines in the new laundromat. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 148 Junior colleges, jet-plane factories, Laundromats, six-lane highways. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. ii. 187 I..found nothing but laundromats, cleaners, soda fountains. 1963 Punch 2 Jan. p. vi/2 Harrods' sale..includes..laundromats and dryers. 1964 Economist 30 May 1024/3 Coin operated Laundromats and dry cleaning machines. 1966 New Scientist 16 June 694/3 The ‘local’ is doomed, one day, to operate like a licensed laundromat. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 121 She found the symbol tacked to the bulletin board of a laundromat, among other scraps of paper offering cheap ironing and baby sitters. 1971 B. Malamud Tenants 219 They drag out of a laundromat, shoe store, [etc.], every Zionist they can find. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1943
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